Umbrella attachment.



PATENTED APR. 16, 1907 No. 850,544. C. A. PILTZ.

'UMBRELLA ATTAOHMENT'. APPLICATION FILED JAN.3,1907.'

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UMBRELLA ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed January 3, 1907- Serial No. 350,570

Van Buren, in the county of Aroostook and a State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Umbrella Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to umbrella-clasps; and the object of the invention is to provide an improved means for retaining the umbrella-cover in a rolled or Wrapped condition about the main rod thereof When the umbrella is closed.

The invention consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of an umbrella in a wrapped condition provided with a fastening means constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the umbrella opened, showing the position of the improved fastening means when not in use.

The invention may be applied to any'of the ordinary umbrellas now in use, and in carrying out the invention the umbrella is provided, as shown in the drawings, with a round ring 1, preferably flat in cross-section and with rounded edges and adapted in size to slide easily over the umbrella after it has been rolled. The ring may be of fixed diameter or it may be adjustable in diameter by any well-known means. In order to retain the ring upon the umbrella and in a position ready for use when the umbrella is open, a ribbon, chain, or other suitable connection 2 is secured at one end to the ring through suitable apertures 3 "provided therefor in the ring and at the other end to the cover or one of the ribs of the umbrella at a point 4 midway between the position in which it is desired to place it when in use and the position upon the outer end of the umbrella-stick adjoining the cover in which it will rest when not in use or intermediate the free ends of the ribs and the tip of the umbrella, as this will permit the desired range of movement of the ring to permit opening and to fasten the umbrella, and the ribbon or tape will not only prevent disengagement of the ring at either end of the umbrella, whether the latter is in open or closed position, but it will prevent the ring becoming caught on the ends of the ribs, so that the ribbon or tape serves the dual function of properly positioning the ring and preventing its loss or displacement.

I claim 1. The combination with an umbrella, of a ring adapted to slide freely over the umbrella whenin a closed and rolled condition, and a flexible connection between the ring and the umbrella at a point between the free ends of the ribs and the tip of the umbrella.

2. The combination with an umbrella, of a ring adapted to slide freely over the umbrella when in a closed and rolled condition, and a ribbon secured at one end to said ring and at its other end to the umbrella-cover at a point midway the length of the ribs.

3. The combination with an umbrella, of a ring adapted to slide freely over the umbrella when in a closed or rolled condition, and a ribbon secured at oneend to said ring and at its other end to the umbrella-cover ata point midway between the ends of the ribs of the umbrella, said ribbon being of a length that will limit movement of the ring between the free ends of the ribs and the tip of the umbrella.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES .LYEL .PILTZ.

Witnesses: v

NELSON PITKIN LUND, ABRAHAM J. DUBAY. 

